W​HERE:​

Anschu​tz Medical Campus, University of Colorado

GOALS:

Provide research training to clinicians working in the child maltreatment field

HIGHLIGHTS:

Three Courses

National and international participants representing multiple disciplines

Mentoring

Graduate course credit available

Limited, competitive scholarships available​

COURSES

​Course 1: Fundamentals of Clinical and Epidemiological Research - Designed for Child Abuse Clinicians to develop research skills

​Course 2: Challenges & Opportunities in Child Maltreatment Research -Designed for trained researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., public health, social work, behavioral and social sciences) who are interested in applying their disciplinary expertise to examining topics related to child abuse working.

​Course 3: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Research and Evaluation through a Public Health Lens— Exploring Issues of Design, Implementation, and Evaluation Designed for public health and social science graduate students/postdocs

COURSE 1: Fundamentals of Clinical and Epidemiological Research

This intensive
course is designed for trained clinicians (e.g., pediatric fellows in
child abuse) who are interested in learning basic research skills to
enable them to develop research on child maltreatment.

Course
director: Desmond K. Runyan, MD, DrPH, Professor of Pediatrics, U of
Colorado School of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, Colorado School
of Public Health​

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COURSE 2: Challenges & Opportunities in Child Maltreatment Research

This intensive
course is designed for trained researchers from multiple disciplines
(e.g., public health, social work, behavioral. and social sciences) who
are interested in applying their disciplinary expertise to examining
topics related to child abuse working. The course content does not assume
that participants bring experience in carrying out research in the child
maltreatment domain. It will provide basic background on the child abuse
problem from multiple perspectives and facilitate cross-disciplinary
exploration of controversies and related unanswered research questions,
drawing on the recent IOM report and published calls for research.

The class will
meet for 15 contact hours over a 5-day period. The class addresses
prevention and intervention systems (social service, health, public
health, and legal), the role of evidence-based practices, and context as
it influences our understanding of the problem and the research
questions. Included is information about accessing available data
sources, data collection resources, and attention to the ethical issues related
to child abuse research. While focusing mainly on the North American
research experience, the course provides international perspectives
consistent with the widening understanding regarding the scope of the
problem and the systems that address it. Each participant will be expected
to conduct an in-depth literature review on a topic of interest and
outline the design of a study to examine that topic.

In addition to
didactic sessions, this course will include intensive mentorship with a
senior researcher with experience in child abuse research. Attendees
will meet in the afternoons with mentors to develop the foundations of a
research project focused on child maltreatment. Participants will have the
opportunity to continue consultation with the mentor after course
completion. ​

Course Director:
J. Fluke, PhD, Research Professor of Pediatrics, U. of Colorado school of
Medicine; Professor of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health​

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COURSE 3: Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Research and Evaluation through a Public Health Lens

The course will
introduce participants to key concepts underlying prevention of child
abuse and neglect from a public health perspective. The course will
include a focus on principles of public health research and practice
applied to Child Abuse and Neglect (CA&N) prevention as well as
address different aspects of prevention research and evaluation (e.g.,
policy studies, intervention trials, and program evaluation) with examples
from the child abuse and neglect literature. Through readings, lectures,
and class discussions, participants will learn about and practice
developing conceptual models and logic models and will receive mentoring
as they develop their ideas for the design and evaluation of a child abuse
prevention intervention. The course is designed for participants already
having some familiarity with child abuse and neglect who are interested in
gaining basic knowledge of research and evaluation principles from a
public health perspective with focus on primary prevention at a community
level.

Participants in
this course will also join participants in other Kempe Summer Institute
courses in attending daily lunch time seminars addressing a range of
topics on CA&N research led by prominent leaders in the field. Each
participant will leave the course with an outline of a proposed project
that has been developed with input from fellow students and from faculty
mentors and will receive mentoring online and via Zoom over a period of
six months.

Course
Co-Directors: Carol Runyan, MPH, PhD, Professor, Department of
Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health and Ashley Brooks-Russell,
MPH, PhD, Department of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School
of Public Health​​

Scholarship Opportunities

The Kempe Interdisciplinary Summer Research Institute is pleased
to be able to offer financial scholarships to eligible and highly qualified
students in the form of support for travel expenses. A limited number of
scholarships will be provided up to $1,100, to attend the intensive summer
session. Priority for scholarships include under-represented graduate students
with diverse backgrounds/perspectives and first-year fellows in approved child
abuse pediatrics fellowships. We will try to cover as many as possible
but anticipate that we will have no more than 20 scholarships.

Registering Not for Credit

Individuals
may elect to take courses not for credit, recognizing that they will not
receive a grade and will not earn a Colorado School of Public Health transcript
for the courses taken. To register please follow the link below:

Participation
without the awarding of graduate credit is subject to a $200 participation/registration
fee

*Please
note that the Kempe Center will be providing lunch each day for students and
cover the cost of any necessary materials for your course​​

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Current CU Denver Graduate Student Registering for Academic Credit

Each course is eligible for 1 graduate credit for 15 hours
contact time with participation in seminars and research project mentoring of
the student’s research project.

If you are a current graduate student in any program at either the Anschutz or
CU Denver downtown campuses and want to take the Kempe courses for credit you
will register for the course through the UCD Access student portal, as you do
for any other courses you take.

March 18th –
Registration opens for all CSPH summer courses for degree students

June
7th - Registration Deadlin​e
Degree Students

Tuition:

ColoradoS​PH
tuition for degree students is awarded according to the student’s program.
Tuition Rates for the CSPH’s
programs for the 2019-2020year
for each program can be found on the Tuition & Fees page:HERE

*Please note that the Kempe Center will be providing lunch each
day for students and cover the cost of any necessary materials for your course.​

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Non-CU Denver Student Registering for Academic Credit

Each course is eligible for 1 graduate credit for 15 hours
contact time with participation in seminars and research project mentoring of
the student’s research project.

If you are not a current graduate student at either the Anschutz or CU Denver
downtown campuses and want to take the Kempe course for credit you will first
have to go through the non-degree application process through the Colorado
School of Public Health Admissions web page before you will be able to register
for the course.

Given the tight
turnaround between the CSPH application deadline and course registration
deadline we would encourage you to apply in advance of this deadline as
certain components of the application require processing time.

Once
the Colorado School of Public Health non-degree application process is complete
you will be able to register for your course through the UCD Access Student
Portal

Colorado School
of Public Health tuition is determined by the student’s program. Tuition
Rates for the CSPH’s programs for the 2019-2020 year for each program can
be found on the Tuition & Fees page: HERE

A one-time
matriculation fee of $140 is charged for first time enrollment at any
University of Colorado campus.

*Please note that the Kempe Center will be providing lunch each
day for students and cover the cost of any necessary materials for your course.​

Center Location and Parking on Campus

The
Kempe Interdisciplinary Summer Research Institute will kick off the morning of
Monday, August 5th at The Kempe Center. Classes will be presented on the
University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus. Students will be
provided with additional location information for their specific courses as the
date approaches.

Students driving
can park free of charge across the street from the Kempe Center in
Lot 10 off Victor Street at Children’s Hospital for parking
map: Access
Here

CU Denver Anschutz
Campus Map: Access an interactive campus map HERE where you
may identify buildings, parking, where to dine on campus, etc.​

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Course Materials

The course materials will be accessible on the
internet via “Canvas.” Please check back at a later date for additional
information on specific materials for each course.​​1

Accommodations

The
Kempe Center negotiated a special nightly rate of $142 at the Spring Hill
Suites by Marriott Denver at Anschutz Medical Campus. This rate includes a
complimentary continental breakfast each morning.